41. (Fencing) fencing one of four divisions of the target on a fencer's body, considered as areas to which specific attacks are made

42. (Hunting) the scent left by a fox

43. (Navigation)

a. the equator (esp in the phrase crossing the line)

b. any circle or arc on the terrestrial or celestial sphere

44. (Physical Geography)

a. the equator (esp in the phrase crossing the line)

b. any circle or arc on the terrestrial or celestial sphere

45. (Insurance) the amount of insurance written by an underwriter for a particular risk

46. USandCanadian a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): queue

47. slang a portion of a powdered drug for snorting

48. slang something said for effect, esp to solicit for money, sex, etc: he gave me his usual line.

49. (Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting denoting entries above a horizontal line on a profit and loss account, separating those that establish the profit or loss from those that show how the profit is distributed

53. (Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting denoting entries below a horizontal line on a profit and loss account, separating those that establish the profit or loss from those that show how the profit is distributed

line2

1. to cover the inner side or surface of: to line a coat with blue silk.

2. to cover: Bookcases lined the walls.

3. to furnish or fill: to line shelves with provisions.

4. to reinforce (the back of a book) with glued fabric, paper, vellum, etc.

[1350–1400; Middle English lynen, derivative of line linen, flax, Old English līn < Latin līnum flax]

line

(līn)

A geometric figure formed by a point moving in a fixed direction and in the reverse direction. The intersection of two planes is a line. ♦ The part of a line that lies between two points on the line is called a line segment.

line

In artillery and naval gunfire support, a spotting, or an observation, used by a spotter or an observer to indicate that a burst(s) occurred on the spotting line.

Line

a series or rank of objects or persons, usually of the same kind; a series of persons in chronological order, usually of family descent.

line

Past participle: linedGerund: lining

Imperative

line

line

Present

I line

you line

he/she/it lines

we line

you line

they line

Preterite

I lined

you lined

he/she/it lined

we lined

you lined

they lined

Present Continuous

I am lining

you are lining

he/she/it is lining

we are lining

you are lining

they are lining

Present Perfect

I have lined

you have lined

he/she/it has lined

we have lined

you have lined

they have lined

Past Continuous

I was lining

you were lining

he/she/it was lining

we were lining

you were lining

they were lining

Past Perfect

I had lined

you had lined

he/she/it had lined

we had lined

you had lined

they had lined

Future

I will line

you will line

he/she/it will line

we will line

you will line

they will line

Future Perfect

I will have lined

you will have lined

he/she/it will have lined

we will have lined

you will have lined

they will have lined

Future Continuous

I will be lining

you will be lining

he/she/it will be lining

we will be lining

you will be lining

they will be lining

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been lining

you have been lining

he/she/it has been lining

we have been lining

you have been lining

they have been lining

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been lining

you will have been lining

he/she/it will have been lining

we will have been lining

you will have been lining

they will have been lining

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been lining

you had been lining

he/she/it had been lining

we had been lining

you had been lining

they had been lining

Conditional

I would line

you would line

he/she/it would line

we would line

you would line

they would line

Past Conditional

I would have lined

you would have lined

he/she/it would have lined

we would have lined

you would have lined

they would have lined

line

line - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call"

rivet line - a line of rivets at a seam; "the fuselage cracked along the rivet line"

lineup - a line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification

row - an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs"

rank - a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

2.

line - a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"

cross hair, cross wire - either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration; "he had the target in his cross hairs"

print, mark - a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere"

dotted line - a line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract; "just sign on the dotted line"

ascender - (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters

bar line - a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars

descender - (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters

text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"

stream, current, flow - dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

11.

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

line - persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress; "`let me show you my etchings' is a rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk"

3.in a queue, in a row, in a columnI had been standing in line for three hours.

in line fordue for, being considered for, a candidate for, shortlisted for, in the running for, on the short list for, next in succession toHe must be in line for a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

= field → Branchef; what line (of work) is he in?, what’s his line (of work)? → was ist er von Beruf?, was macht er beruflich?; that’s not in my line of business → damit habe ich nichts zu tun; we’re in the same line of business → wir sind in der gleichen Berufssparte orBranchetätig; that’s not in my line → das liegt mir nicht

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